No time for a full description today, unfortunately.
This is the Short Shooting Break GR.4, a serious upgrade from the model designed for the Gunship Challenge. I hope it is acceptable.
Controls;
AG1 / cam 1 - activate forward battery (you will see the gunsight light up in each case). Use pitch and roll to move and select rockets to arm.
AG2 / cam 2 - activate aft battery. Fire guns to operate.
AG3 / cam 3 - activate mid battery. Select boom25 to arm. Drop bombs to fire.
AG4 - not used
AG5 - drop inner stores
AG6 - activate auto stabilisation and use vtol to drop flaps / tilt engine assemblies. You see, this is a limited tilt rotor. Only for STOL, however. The engines only rotate by 20 degrees or so.
AG7 - drop outer stores
AG8 - deactivate controls (use together with ag7 to hold the kite steady whilst you rain down the pain with the various weapon systems).
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Tactical Deletion Challenge [CLOSED]
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 77.3ft (23.6m)
- Length 69.0ft (21.0m)
- Height 21.7ft (6.6m)
- Empty Weight 38,371lbs (17,405kg)
- Loaded Weight 76,129lbs (34,531kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.262
- Wing Loading 50.7lbs/ft2 (247.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,502.2ft2 (139.6m2)
- Drag Points 19973
Parts
- Number of Parts 418
- Control Surfaces 1
- Performance Cost 2,847
This makes me happy. Happy as Larry. Larry is reknowned as being bloody happy. Yes, she handles like a wet copy of the Times in a force 10, but with fire power like this, who needs to dodge?@MEERKAT978
LOOKS: It looks like an AC-130 on crack. Done the British way. 9/10
HANDLING: Leaves a little to be desired. Turning arc can be somewhat large even if attempting evasive flight, and its STOL can be hampered by the gyro. 17/20.
SURVIVABILITY: Reasonable. It has C/Meas and is more than capable of outflying some craft. However, I'd not n venturing it into got airspace unescorted. 7/10.
FUNCTIONALITY: All in order. Everything works as described. 9/10.
WEAPONS DELIVERY: Unique. No other pure gunships were entered making this adaption special. It can easily wipe the floor with ANYTHING. I think I screwed up though, I managed to blow the fuselage art of the wings off with the heavy gun. Slight issue. 45/50.
TOTAL: 90/100
Nice design, and easily outperforming a number of other entries in the competition. As a gunship. Nicely done indeed...
@MEERKAT978 I just noticed that this version still has a brace of AGMs mounted to each outer stores point. Please disregard and hit AG7 prior to initiating the take off roll. You will leave the offending guided munitions on the runway.